{"id":97004,"date":"2015-03-06T11:15:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T11:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=97004"},"modified":"2015-03-06T11:17:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T11:17:46","slug":"families-of-abused-victims-urged-to-report-cases-to-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/families-of-abused-victims-urged-to-report-cases-to-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Families of abused victims urged to report cases to Police\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Police Service has urged Ghanaian families of victims of abuse in the Gulf States to report such incidents to the service.<\/p>\n<p>The directive follows a series of <strong>Citi News<\/strong> reports\u00a0on the brutality women especially face after they are recruited to work in those countries.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;AO1IsztOhhcB8LkBJCqjtHYyfmOCJgFm&#8221;]The Ghana Immigration Service reported that 2000 women were stranded in the Gulf States within the past five months.<\/p>\n<p>These women are taken by recruitment agencies to these countries and are subjected to various forms of abuse instead of the jobs promised.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Public Relations at the CID ASP Joseph Benefo Darkwa said they can only commence investigations based on complaints.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first and foremost thing that has to be done is to come to the Anti Trafficking Human Unit and make a formal complaint and then based on your complaint, then we we will commence investigation into the contract, how the person got there and who are behind the trafficking,&#8221; Benefo Darkwa said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Family asked to pay 3,000 for return of relative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a related development,\u00a0the family of one of the victims has said they have been given a <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/03\/05\/ghanaian-family-asked-to-pay-3000-for-return-of-relative-in-kuwait\/#sthash.QQkHnk0A.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>one week ultimatum<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>by a Kuwaiti recruitment agency to pay $3,000\u00a0for the return of their sister.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, who was promised a hairdressing job and training to help her develop her skills, was rather forced to become a house help upon arrival.<\/p>\n<p>The victim is now at the agency in Kuwait waiting for her family to send three thousand dollars before she is allowed to return to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to<strong> Citi News<\/strong>, a brother of the victim explained that \u201cwhen she arrived in the country, it was not a hairdressing job, she was sent to a certain lady\u2019s house and she worked from 7 am in the morning to 11 pm in the evening before she was allowed to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Police Service has urged Ghanaian families of victims of abuse in the Gulf States to report such incidents to the service. 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